Promises

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Promises Kept and Promises Broken

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As humans, we have been described as the “promise-making, promise-keeping, promise-breaking, promise- renewing creature.” Throughout the ups and downs of daily life, we live an ongoing dialogue of promises and promising. The flowing, never ending nature of this conversation means that to live out who we are and be who we hope to be, we […]

I Care, I Covenant

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Covenants are promises deeply held. We know they will be difficult to keep. We only make such promises to and for that which we care about a lot; perhaps for our partner, our child, our country, our cause, our earth, our compassion, our concern. Members share the incarnations such deep promises have taken for them; […]

Promises Broken

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Jewish theologian, Martin Buber called us the “promise-making, promise-breaking, promise-renewing animal.” We live in the context of relationships that includes not just our relationships with others, but also our relationship with ourselves. Our promises and commitments hold that context together; they frame who we are. Yet we find ourselves making and breaking promises everyday. How […]